Laura Stone
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Canadian politics, based at Queen’s Park in Toronto. I like to lunch. Find me @globeandmail ; on @CTV_PowerPlay Mondays at 5:30 ET and @YourMorning Tuesdays.
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"I would normally go to the Premier, but he's on his 10th paid sick day," NDP leader
@AndreaHorwath
says in her opening QP statement.
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NEW: The Ontario Medical Association
@OntariosDoctors
calls for mandatory vaccinations: “All health-care workers should be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect themselves, their patients and the community.
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NEW: Health Minister
@PattyHajdu
says provinces and territories are “free to use AstraZeneca” in any age range they choose, it’s approved by Health Canada 18+. Says NACI reviewing 55+ recommendation. “There is nothing stopping the province of Ontario.”
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NEW: Liberal leader
@StevenDelDuca
is calling on Premier
@fordnation
's government to vaccine all 200K education workers who want a shot during next week's April break
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#BREAKING
:
@fordnation
office:
“While we appreciate the Prime Minister’s offer, unless it is matched with an increase in supply, we do not need the Red Cross at this time for the administration of vaccines in Ontario. We do not have a capacity issue, we have a supply issue.”
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.
@ColinDMello
killing it with the questions today re: police powers: "Did anyone around the cabinet table look around and say, hey, this might be unconstitutional?" 🔥
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Can I just take a moment to say how invaluable
@VaxHuntersCan
is to Ontario. Just an incredible resource to navigate a complex and at times frustrating system.
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Meanwhile, Loblaw has bumped up frontline employee wages by $2 an hour, says the United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW Canada). The union represents 90,000 part-time and full time Loblaw employees.
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#BREAKING
: NDP Leader
@AndreaHorwath
is calling for MPPs to return to the Ontario legislature immediately “to work on solutions to save people in long-term care, and fix Ontario’s lethargic vaccines program.”
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From infectious disease physician
@ASPphysician
on Ontario's announcement: “I don’t know a single person who doesn’t believe that outdoors is substantially safer than indoors...They did this absolutely bone-headed approach which is just going to make life miserable.”
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!!!
@fordnation
just called sign language interpreter Christopher Desloges to the podium after news conference, calls him an “absolute champion” who never complains. [Desloges says he’ll be leaving the stage soon but working behind the scenes.]
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NEW:
@JustinTrudeau
addresses situation in Alberta, says Ottawa will send ventilators and anything the province needs. "The choices that leaders make in a crisis matter. Half measures won't do to fight this pandemic."
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NEW: NDP leader
@AndreaHorwath
calls for
@fordnation
government plan to speed up 2nd doses. "People should not have to wait 4 months, until the very last second...We need a second-dose play book that’s far less chaotic and less sloppy than the first dose rollout has been”
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NEW: Dr. Kevin Smith, President & CEO at University Health Network, says he believes Ontario should close non-essential businesses (excl. pharmacies/groceries): "I know there will be some who say that's an overreaction. I would dramatically prefer overreacting to underreacting."
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NEW: Ontario Medical Association calls on
@fordnation
government “to rethink opening indoor bars.”
“The evidence from other jurisdictions is that the reopening of bars carries significant risk,” said OMA Pres. Dr. Samantha Hill. (Indoor bars open in 24 regions today.)
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#BREAKING
: Premier Doug Ford is reversing Greenbelt decision: “I made a promise to you that I wouldn’t touch the Greenbelt. I broke that promise. And for that I am very very sorry…it was a mistake to open the Greenbelt. It was a mistake to open a process that moved too fast”
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There’s a dog in a Lowry jersey sleeping in this store window on Spadina FYI 🏀
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Today in his remarks on vaccine certificates
@JustinTrudeau
said: "Premier Horgan & Premier Legault have stepped up. I certainly hope that here in Ontario, Premier Ford steps up too. It’s time for him to listen to public health officials – and leaders like Mayor Crombie"
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NEW: Statement from Liberal MPP
@StephenBlais
about Ford cabinet shuffle: “By leaving Christine Elliott and Stephen Lecce in place, Ford is rewarding the two people that share responsibility with him for one of the most incompetent responses to COVID-19 in the western world."
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“This decision by Premier Ford is a disgrace and shows a lack of courage to do what’s right for Ontario’s patients and workers,” says
@RNAO
CEO
@DorisGrinspun
about decision not to mandate vaccines for healthcare workers
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Your periodic reminder that abusive, threatening and insulting language will result in a block. This forum isn’t a free-for-all for abuse. HAVE A GREAT DAY. ☀️
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NEW: NDP is calling on Ontario
@fordnation
government to post a public list of all schools that have COVID cases
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Trudeau, speaking after his event was cancelled for security reasons: “We all had a difficult year. And those folks out protesting? They had a difficult year too. And I know and I hear the anger, the frustration, perhaps the fear...And we need to meet that anger with compassion.
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Significant comments from Premier Ford in contrast to
@erinotoole
about mandatory vaccinations for PC candidates - says they will be vaccinated in order to run in the 2022 campaign. "I can't be up there preaching to be vaccinated, and our own team isn't vaccinated."
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Now Independent MPP
@Roman_Baber
is up saying the Ford government should go further and bar individual hospitals from firing people for being unvaccinated.
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This is the good news I needed: my Bubby got her first vaccine dose today! I can’t wait to to visit her again. (She turned 99 this month.) *Photo from 2018, gym is currently closed* 😹❤️💪🏽
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Very emotional scrum with parents of autistic children outside of the legislature after they screamed down the hall at PC MPPs. They say they haven’t been able meet with Minister
@MacLeodLisa
or talked to
@fordnation
about the government’s changes.
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MPP
@solmamakwa
says Premier
@fordnation
called him before 3pm today and "apologized for attacking me personally during Question period yesterday."
Says he appreciated the call but, "It's not me he needs to apologize to but it's indigenous people across Ontario."
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“We don’t want a barbecue guy with a backwards ball cap making health policy.”
@marcusbgee
with the line of the weekend
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Lawrence Loh, Medical Officer of Health for Peel, will issue a new section 22 order on Tuesday to direct all businesses with five or more cases of COVID-19 within the past two weeks to shutter for 10 days, The Globe and Mail has learned.
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Big cheers for Chow in her victory speech when she declares: “Keeping Ontario Place public.” (She’s come out against the province’s redevelopment plans.)
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Oh dear - here is
@JustinTrudeau
on masks using the term “moistly”... followed by “what a terrible image.”
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#BREAKING
: Freeland reject’s Toronto’s bailout request, says Ontario in ‘excellent fiscal position’ to help, via me and
@dustin_cook3
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#BREAKING
: Premier
@fordnation
on NDP MPP
@solmamakwa
“jumping the line” for vaccine leads to rebuke from AFN national chief
@perrybellegarde
: “Premier Ford’s comments are unacceptable and I encourage him to refrain from politicizing access to vaccines for First Nations.”
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I can confirm what
@brianlilley
and
@ColinDMello
have reported: Proof of vaccination will be required in Ontario as of Sept. 22 for indoor restaurants, gyms, theatres, concerts- not patios or retail - vax receipt/govt ID to start followed by an app expected later in Oct.
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Asked about Bell Canada layoffs, PM
@JustinTrudeau
talks about importance of local journalism: "I'm furious. This is a garbage decision by a corporation who should know better...So ya, I'm pretty pissed off."
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The PMO just put out a readout between PM
@JustinTrudeau
and CPC leader
@erinotoole
which ends with this 👀:
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Another comment on
@fordnation
announcement before it's announced...from
@MikeSchreiner
:
"If the Premier is cracking down on social gatherings, then how can he defend 30 students jammed into a classroom?
The virus doesn’t differentiate between a house party and a classroom."
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#BREAKING
: Liberal
@MPCelina
Caesar-Chavannes opens up to
@globeandmail
about her tweet, says she was met with ‘hostility, anger’ in private Trudeau talks. She says she’s speaking out because she owes it to her constituents.
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Health Minister Christine Elliott tells the legislature the only reason people need to pay $40 for a rapid test if they’re travelling - otherwise they can go get one at a pharmacy free of charge.
(Has this been people’s experience with rapid testing in Ontario??)
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NEW: Ontario has released its new grade 9 math course, which includes mandatory new learning on coding, data literacy, mathematical modelling and financial literacy. The course also ends the practice of streaming Grade 9 students into applied and academic courses.
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NEW: The Ontario College of Family Physicians
@OntarioCollege
is calling for the increased involvement of family doctors in vaccination efforts “to ensure we reach all Ontarians, including those who are vulnerable, hesitant, and homebound.”
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NEW: Independent MPP
@Roman_Baber
says he will be joined by a federal Conservative MP from Ontario “who will openly call to end Ontario’s lockdown.” Happening at 10 am today at Queen’s Park.
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Ottawa Mayor
@JimWatsonOttawa
is calling on the province to reverse its land border checkpoints, calls it a "nightmare" between Ottawa/Gatineau, adds there was no consultation on it. "I would have told the Premier that this would be a waste of time, resources and effort."
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I had to listen to this 3 times to make sure I heard correctly.
Conservative MP
@Cooper4SAE
tells Foreign Affairs Minister
@melaniejoly
in committee, "You've talked tough with your Beijing counterpart, so you say. You even stared into his eyes. I'm sure he was very intimidated."
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“If I can take my dog to an animal groomers here in Ontario, certainly members of Parliament should be able to show up for work,”
@AndrewScheer
says
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.
@JustinTrudeau
last event of the day is at a small brewery in London. He puts a label on a beer but it’s not quite straight so he drinks it himself.
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NEW:
@AndreaHorwath
says video of assoc medical officer Dr. Barbara Yaffe caught on hot mic saying “I just say whatever is written down for me” leaves more Qs as to “who is calling the shots.” Every time
@fordnation
says he’s listening to medical advice “rings hollow.”
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.
@erinotoole
comments on
@JustinTrudeau
event in Brampton last night: calls it, in "contempt of common sense and social distancing guidelines."
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Liberal leader
@StevenDelDuca
is accusing Premier
@fordnation
of sowing seeds of division and xenophobia with his government’s heavy-handed push to further lock down borders. Says Premier Ford is afraid to face public and calls him “a train wreck.”
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NEW: NDP leader
@AndreaHorwath
is introducing a motion in the legislature today “calling on the government to eliminate for-profit care from long-term care in Ontario, and replace it with an entirely public and non-profit system.”
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NEW: Ontario data shows vaccine rates broken down by public health unit - in order to leave step 3, 80% of population 12+ has to have 1 dose and 75% with 2 doses, with no unit having less than 70% fully vaccinated. Ont plans to publish this data online in “near future.”
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NEW: The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
@RNAO
has written an open letter to Premier
@fordnation
reiterating call for mandatory vaccinations for healthcare workers and expressing “grave concern” there isn’t publicly available data on workers’ current vaccine rate
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#BREAKING
: Ontario to slash hydro rates to offset costs of working from home via
@globeandmail
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Canadian actor
@Realeugenelevy
- whose cousin’s son Michael has high-needs
#autism
- was outside of Queen’s Park today with a message to
@fordnation
about funding cuts to a group of young adults with autism
#onpoli
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Toronto Mayor
@JohnTory
: "I am very concerned about arbitrary stops of people by police at any time and I will be reviewing the regulations extremely carefully and discussing them with the Medical Officer of Health and the Toronto Police Chief.” (via
@moore_oliver
)
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NEW: In a letter from
@OntHospitalAssn
, 38 health care leaders/physicians call on Ontario to immediately place restrictions on non-essential businesses and activities, including dine-in restaurants and bars, nightclubs, gyms, theatres, and places of worship.
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#BREAKING
: Sources tell
@globeandmail
Premier
@fordnation
& senior team sent back health vax passport proposal yesterday as it was deemed "not ready," inconsistent & according to one source "so far- reaching" that Mr. Ford said no. Getting re-done & cabinet may see today
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To recap
#newssaturday
: Ontario playgrounds to remain open (other outdoor facilities still closed) and government is backtracking on new police powers to stop people outside and ask why they’re not at home & demand address, after widespread repudiation from police forces
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NEW: Fareed Khan, Founder of Canadians United Against Hate, calls on Premier Ford to apologize for comment on new Canadians. “It is not only offensive, but it feeds into racist tropes about immigrants and gives ammunition to those who trade in the ideology of hate and racism.”
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Dozens of Ontario nursing home patients died of dehydration and neglect not COVID-19, military reports find, via
@kahowlett
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NEW: Ontario Lib leader
@StevenDelDuca
calls for lowered AZ age- “Doug Ford must release the AstraZeneca vaccine from pharmacy freezers and get it into the arms of anyone over 18 in a hotspot. Minister Hajdu was clear: there is nothing stopping him from getting shots into arms.”
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Wow. Green Party leader
@MikeSchreiner
is in tears talking about the disrespect he says was leveled at MPP
@solmamakwa
by Premier
@fordnation
today. Says it made him sick to his stomach.
#onpoli
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"There's a lot of things Premier Ford and I don't agree on,"
@JustinTrudeau
says, adding there's work being done on $10/day childcare agreement (not signed in Ont. yet), LTC standards, vaccines. "None of this happens if
@erinotoole
is sitting across the table from
@fordnation
."
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Calling the process “corrupt”, Ontario NDP leader
@maritstiles
says Premier Ford government must now reverse course on Greenbelt land swap following Integrity Commissioner report
#onpoli
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NEW: Toronto Mayoral candidate
@oliviachow
says she’s opposed to Ontario’s “backroom deal” to build a luxury spa at Ontario Place and as mayor “would not yield the land Toronto owns to the provincial government.”
#onpoli
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NEW: Ontario Hospital Association's
@AnthonyDaleOHA
on Ontario's Dec. 26 lockdown: "We are surprised and disappointed that it will be another five days before these measures come into effect."
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